isStudyAcc: (internal) Validate the format of a dbGaP study accession

In jameslhao/dbgapr_dev: A dbGaP Phenotype Data Organizer

Description

The method checks the format of an input string to see if it is a dbGaP accession. The accessions with and without the p# (participant-set number) both are considered to be correct (e.g. phs000001.v3.p1 or phs000001.v3).

Usage

isStudyAcc(object, phsAcc)

## S4 method for signature 'Commons,character'
isStudyAcc(object, phsAcc)

Arguments

object	Commons class object.
phsAcc	a character string. A dbGaP study accession.

Value

a logical value. TRUE if the format matches a dbGaP accession, FALSE if it doesn't match.

Methods (by class)

• object = Commons,phsAcc = character: A method of class Commons

Examples

## Not run: 

c <- Commons()
isStudyAcc(c, phsAcc = 'phs000001.v3')

## End(Not run)

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